CVE-2026-3281

Name	CVE-2026-3281
Description	A vulnerability was detected in libvips 8.19.0. This affects the function vips_bandrank_build of the file libvips/conversion/bandrank.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument index results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vips (PTS)	bullseye	8.10.5-2	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	8.10.5-2+deb11u1	vulnerable
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	8.14.1-3+deb12u2	vulnerable
	trixie	8.16.1-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	8.18.0-2	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vips	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/4878
https://github.com/libvips/libvips/pull/4895
Fixed by: https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/fd28c5463697712cb0ab116a2c55e4f4d92c4088